Carl Chesick, board president for the Center for Honeybee Research, checks the nonprofit's Asheville beehives. The center's Black Jar Honey Contest will be judged this weekend.

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Shanee Simhoni

For the past few months, beekeepers from across the state, country and oceans have been sending honey of a variety of colors and flavors to Asheville to try their luck in the annual Black Jar Honey Contest.

"I think there's probably an infinite variety of honey and types out there that are potential winners," said Carl Chesick, board president of the Center for Honeybee Research, the contest's nonprofit sponsor.

Eddie Hart, a beekeeper in Knysna, South Africa, and one of the contestants, believes that winner could be his honey. ...